Jordan Bennett

Jordan Bennett is a multi-disciplinary artist of Mi’kmaq descentfrom Stephenville Crossing Ktaqamkuk (Newfoundland).Jordan’s ongoing practice utilizes painting, sculpture, video, installation and sound to explore land, language, the act of visiting, familial histories and challenging colonial perceptions of indigenous histories, stereotypes and presence with a focus on exploring Mi’kmaq and Beothuk visual culture of Ktaqamkuk. In the past 10 years Jordan has participated in over 75 group and solo exhibitions nationally and internationally in venues such as the National Museum of the American Indian, NYC; MAC-VAL, Paris; The Museum of Art and Design, NYC, NY; Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, NM; Project Space Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne, AUS; The Winnipeg Art Gallery, The Power Plant, Toronto, ON; Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC; Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France and was one of two artists to represent Newfoundland and Labrador in the 2015 Venice Biennial at Galleria Ca’Rezzonico, Venice, Italy as part of the official Collateral Events. Jordan has taken part in several artist in residency programs including With Secrecy and Despatch, Campbelltown Art Centre, Campbelltown, Australia in 2015, RMIT University international Artist in Residence Program, Melbourne, Australia in 2014, Shared Lands- Centre D’artistes Vaste et Vague, Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec and Woodland School, What Color is the Present, Visual Arts, The Banff Centre, Alberta in 2013. Jordan served as the inaugural Indigenous Artist IN Residence at the University of Alberta, Edmonton from 2012-13. He has been the recipient of several awards and honours most notably long listed for the 2016 and 2015 Sobey Art Award, a Hnatyshan Foundation REVEAL award, presented with the 2014 Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Councils Artist of the Year and named as one of the artists in the 2014 Blouin ARTINFO’s Top 30 under 30 in Canada. Jordan is currently working on several projects including various artistic collaborations, commissions and exhibitions.